Legal Question in Constitutional Law in Pennsylvania
The law says no one with a felony conviction can own a gun, however; according to Pennsylvania state law there are some exceptions to that rule. One of those exceptions are convictions of an F3 Criminal Trespass charge. If someone has a charge such as this, that is now 10 years old (2001), can they own a handgun?
Shortly before (1999) the conviction for the trespass there was 2M convictions. One for paraphernalia and the other for a small amount of marijuana. Also 1S offense of providing false information to a police officer.
All of the convictions have a plea of GUILTY and ended in time served and probation. The man involved is now 33 and has been employed at the same job for almosr four years. He has a family and has had no other arrests or convictions.
2 Answer from Attorneys
Federal law prohibits anyone with a felony, as defined in federal law, from possessing a firearm. F3 criminal trespass is such a conviction.
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